Is there a vaccine for Moparts.com?

[Magnumcharger]

Just wanted to know...because I'm feelin' pretty sick about the place.

I really enjoy talking with my fellow Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/Mopar enthusiasts.
And maybe I've found that this site (and a few select others) are a heck of a lot more fun to hang out on than Moparts....which used to be a pretty nice spot.
Around the time that one of the more popular members died, the atmosphere started to go downhill.
There seems to be a solid clique of members -among the thousands - that seem to revel in sidetracking threads, insulting people and generally making every visit there uncomfortable.
I think I'm done there.

All I can say is: Thank you Dodgecharger.com (Troy).

[mikesbbody]

I check the place out now and then but I'm not a Member.

[TheGhost]

No vaccine, but there's a cure.  It's called "stop visiting Moparts".  You'll be cured in less than a day.

[69bronzeT5]

It's not a bad place, there are some good people there but the endless bacon & penguin threads and talk is getting really old fast. That's one thing that drives me crazy about that place.

[TeeWJay426]

I know the feeling.... used to spend a lot of time there; now more of a lurker, just 'cuz I don't want to deal with the crap I know inevitably comes my way when I do post anything. Still a lot of good tech info there; just gotta dig to find it.

[skip68]

I can make this easy for you.   You won't find me there.       This is the only site to see my stupid post and pointless threads.   

[bull]

the endless bacon & penguin threads

Huh? The what?

[Dans 68]

...This is the only site to see my stupid posts and pointless threads.   

Can't loose the plural "s"; you have lots of stupid posts!  Actually I enjoy reading all of your banter. Except on any April 1st posts, that is.     

Dan

[Dans 68]

the endless bacon & penguin threads

Huh? The what?

Bacon is a recurring theme with the Mid Peninsula Mopars club. They excel in hosting meets with the tasty meat.    No idea about the southern fowl. It does seem like a lot of inside jokes flow through a lot of the threads. I just ignore it and scan for what interests me.

Dan

[69bronzeT5]

the endless bacon & penguin threads

Huh? The what?

Bacon is a recurring theme with the Mid Peninsula Mopars club. They excel in hosting meets with the tasty meat.    No idea about the southern fowl. It does seem like a lot of inside jokes flow through a lot of the threads. I just ignore it and scan for what interests me.

Dan

Exactly.....a lot of threads have talk about bacon and penguins in it.

[bull]

Alrighty then.

[Blown70]

I usually go to the tech or Unlawful race and read, dont post much, just sometimes a good place to pick-up some info for performance builds....Then bug the crap outta RON....

[Ponch ®]

There seems to be a solid clique of members -among the thousands - that seem to revel in sidetracking threads, insulting people and generally making every visit there uncomfortable.

I think they call them "moderators" over there.

I'm more or less a regular poster over there. There are some good threads on occasion, but I agree w cody on the bacon/penguin/inside jokes. I'm mostly there to stir the the pot and annoy some of the blowhards every now and then.

I do love the randomness of some of the "off topic" threads. Example of a thread title "O/T: How do you change the transaxles on a 78 Toyota Corona" or "O/T: How do you perform an apendectomy on a spotted ocelot?"

[Old Moparz]

Just wanted to know...because I'm feelin' pretty sick about the place.

I really enjoy talking with my fellow Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/Mopar enthusiasts.
And maybe I've found that this site (and a few select others) are a heck of a lot more fun to hang out on than Moparts....which used to be a pretty nice spot.
Around the time that one of the more popular members died, the atmosphere started to go downhill.
There seems to be a solid clique of members -among the thousands - that seem to revel in sidetracking threads, insulting people and generally making every visit there uncomfortable.
I think I'm done there.

All I can say is: Thank you Dodgecharger.com (Troy).

There's a clique here on this site too, but since Orange Crush is the only one in it, nobody really seems to be bothered much.

[RD]

i go to moparts for only one reason, and it is the only reason the site began in the first place:

CLASSIFIED SECTION

[Old Moparz]

i go to moparts for only one reason, and it is the only reason the site began in the first place:

CLASSIFIED SECTION

[PocketThunder]

I like to go there for the Street Rodders section.  And to read all the Global Warming and Gov't takeover threads, it gets pretty hillarious.  And its fun to see how many times Ponch can get banned and re-instated.   

Oh and Dart girl and the guy with Shrek in his Avatar seem to write a friggen book lengths response in every post!  I usually skip past those two.   

[Nacho-RT74]

I have found nice guys on Moparts. Just forgett the ppl who doesn't worths a penny.

I found LOT OF PPL HERE that has been really helpfull with me:
RD is one of them, Charger1973, mikesbbody, moparguy01... lot more ( including Troy ), also lt of ppl what I see mostly at the 3rd gen charger board ( Twilt, Jer, Bob, Brock... ) but everything on there began here, list is long, but also found ppl helpfull on Moparts, so helpfull that you can't ever imagine what kind of help I got... Do you remember ppl the NOS quarter panel I got ? well:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5581960&an=0&page=6#Post5581960

So I can't say bad things about Moparts ppl. Every website has its exceptions in both senses.

I also visit sometimes the classifieds sections there.

[Ponch ®]

 And its fun to see how many times Ponch can get banned and re-instated.  

Three week long vacations to date. One was after a moderator PM'd me to lecture me and I suggested he try a certain anatomical impossibility..

[69DodgeCharger]

 And its fun to see how many times Ponch can get banned and re-instated.  

Three week long vacations to date. One was after a moderator PM'd me to lecture me and I suggested he try a certain anatomical impossibility..

John RR? or that nutless wonder 69DartGT?

[Ponch ®]

 And its fun to see how many times Ponch can get banned and re-instated.  

Three week long vacations to date. One was after a moderator PM'd me to lecture me and I suggested he try a certain anatomical impossibility..

John RR? or that nutless wonder 69DartGT?

Honestly I don't remember. They're all the same to me...

[John_Kunkel]

Rather than boycott any particular forum I find it easier to just ignore the threads that don't interest me, in most cases the subject header (bacon, penguins, etc.) gives a clue to the thread content.

[Magnumcharger]

Yes, I try the ignore approach too....but if you know anything about me, you'd probably know that I'm a quizzical fellow.
I ask questions, and would like answers. Simple, really.

I guess I'm just too sensitive.

I don't rain crap down on people, so I'm never prepared to have it showering on me.

And I tend to start threads on different forums.
I figure, if a person has a good response - then chime in!
And if the topic isn't your cup o' tea, then move on.

I'll never understand why some people just figure they've got something to say - about everything! And not even good things! But they still feel compelled to say it.

Like - politics and religion...two topics that aren't supposed to be on Moparts. Yet, moderators will permit some topics to proceed, just because they share the same religious or political affiliation.
That slays me!

[69DodgeCharger]

 just because they share the same religious or political affiliation.
That slays me!

How true.

[PocketThunder]

You could aways start talking about bacon and penguins and rebodies of cuda's and zombies, etc..., then you'd fit right in!   

[lisiecki1]

there is a vaccine....pennicillin....but you have to shoot it in your taint......

[69bronzeT5]

You could aways start talking about bacon and penguins and rebodies of cuda's and zombies, etc..., then you'd fit right in!   

Oh yes, the good 'ole Barrelcuda arguement never ends over there.

[NHCharger]

Every board has it's good and bad points. There's about twenty members there that seem to be miserable all the time and try to make sure they spread it around.

There are some sharp people in the tech section.

[Magnumcharger]

If you could only just block the numpties from posting on your threads.....

[dkn1997]

I post there and have only been irritated by one guy , that johnrr guy...the "ignore this user's posts" feature takes care of that though. 

as far as the general membership, the one thing that really stands out is how when a question is asked, say "how can I get more HP out of my 383?"  all you get for answer is "why would you build one of those, get a 440" 
This happens on a lot of message boards, but it's a lot more common there than other places.

Lots of good tech there, can't deny that.  There are more than a few guys there who have turned a wrench in their day.  there's great guys here too, but you can get answers to your questions quicker there sometimes. 

[AKcharger]

I'm 100% unimpressed with MOPARTS. The few times I've went there I would post a question when I really needed help on a project. I'd check back a few hours later and the post would be buried 2 pages back and NEVER answered. I can honestly say for the 6 years I've been here (original D-C.com  & here) I think I've only had 2 questions out of hundreds not answered.

And I like to think when I past some "look how I did this" type post people here appreciate it.

AK

[resq302]

I know the feeling.... used to spend a lot of time there; now more of a lurker, just 'cuz I don't want to deal with the crap I know inevitably comes my way when I do post anything. Still a lot of good tech info there; just gotta dig to find it.

I agree.  I used to post general B body questions there in the A-12 forum and basically got my head bashed in because I was restoring a car other than an A-12 even though the A-12 cars used a lot of the exact same parts, suspension, etc, that our chargers do.  Since then, it pretty much left a bad taste in my mouth but go there as a lurker to see the resto forum now and then.

[Dans 68]

The "A-12" Forum is now the "Moparts Restoration and A-12" forum so any mopar restoration question should be welcome.

Dan

[SeattleCharger]

  Farva likes Moparts.   

[jb666]

No vaccine, but there's a cure.  It's called "stop visiting Moparts".  You'll be cured in less than a day.

Bingo. I posted one thread over there. It was deleted with out a warning. That's all it took to show me the place blows.. 

This place is where it's at!!

[kikgas01]

not_a_charger is pretty fast on his toes to delete a thread it it isn`t 100% correct.

[Orange_Crush]

There are nice guys and assholes over at moparts...its all good.  I fluctuate between sites, sometimes I like it here better, others I like it over on Moparts better.  As far as the clique goes, yeah, its there, but there aren't that many "members" in it...just a small number of people who happen to post A LOT, so it seems like they are the Moparts "in crowd."

The people there who REALLY know their stuff start to stand out after a while.  JohnRR, Rhinodart, Streetwize, etc.  John RR is a perfect example.  I couldnt stand him at first, until I met the guy.  he is actually a super-nice guy, he just doesnt pull punches and has ZERO patience for stupid crap.  That's why he is no longer a mod. 

[dkn1997]

There are nice guys and assholes over at moparts...its all good.  I fluctuate between sites, sometimes I like it here better, others I like it over on Moparts better.  As far as the clique goes, yeah, its there, but there aren't that many "members" in it...just a small number of people who happen to post A LOT, so it seems like they are the Moparts "in crowd."

The people there who REALLY know their stuff start to stand out after a while.  JohnRR, Rhinodart, Streetwize, etc.  John RR is a perfect example.  I couldnt stand him at first, until I met the guy.  he is actually a super-nice guy, he just doesnt pull punches and has ZERO patience for stupid crap.  That's why he is no longer a mod. 

maybe I would think different If I met him, but from what i used to see him post, he seems mean.  people do make mistakes like not searching before a question is asked, etc....  but that doesn't give anyone license to be rude.  he also has a real vendetta against 440 source.  maybe he's changed his tune, but before I started ignoring him, he felt the need to comment on every single post that even remotely referenced 440 source, holding them to standards that nobody else gets held to.  We all get it, it's made in Asia, now move on with your life. 

I gotta say that I really like stu, mid pen mopars.  That guy is funny as hell!  the stuff he comes up always makes me laugh. 

[Magnumcharger]

Yes, Stu is one of the good guys!!

[The70RT]

I am on there very seldom. How do you see the threads you post in without scrolling through all the pages....probably something simple but I have yet to figure it out.

[SFRT]

that place could use a strong vinegar douche.

[Magnumcharger]

I am on there very seldom. How do you see the threads you post in without scrolling through all the pages....probably something simple but I have yet to figure it out.

Go to "who's online"...click your user name....see all of your posts.

[The70RT]

I am on there very seldom. How do you see the threads you post in without scrolling through all the pages....probably something simple but I have yet to figure it out.

Go to "who's online"...click your user name....see all of your posts.

Thanks Magnum

[Aero426]

If you could only just block the numpties from posting on your threads.....

There are numpties on every board.   This one has its share as well.   

[maxwellwedge]

If you could only just block the numpties from posting on your threads.....

There are numpties on every board.   This one has its share as well.   

Hey - I never said anything bad about you! 

[dodgecharger-fan]

Is there a vaccine?

You could edit your hosts file and put in an entry like this:

moparts.com        67.202.73.18

Then, every time you typed in www.moparts.com, you'd end up at www.dodgecharger.com instead. 
The downside: if someone posts a link to a thread over there, you'll get an error when you click it.